09:30am - 9:45am Parveen Bazard, Ph.D.

 New Clinically Relevant Imaging Methods for Inner Ear Functioning         

9:45am - 10:00am Jacki Kornbluth, Ph.D.

Natural killer cell-derived extracellular vesicles kill treatment-resistant tumor cells 

10:00am -10:15am James Sterling, Ph.D.

The Glycocalyx and the role of Anionic Macromolecules 

10:15am -10:30am Susan Farr, Ph.D.

Age-related Dementia in Mouse Models

10:45am - 11:00am   Yue-Wern Huang, Ph.D.

Aerosol and Bioaerosol in Indoor Environments: Detection, Characterization, and Biological Effects

11:00am - 11:15am   Nermi Parrow, Ph.D.

The Monoferric Transferrins: Potential Markers and Mediators of Erythropoietin Sensitivity

11:15am - 11:30am   Matthew Thimgan, Ph.D.

WACSAW: A novel actigraphy algorithm that associates sleep features with cognitive performance.

11:30am - 11:45am    Susana Gonzalo-Hervas, Ph.D.

Genomic instability and sterile inflammation: a vicious cycle in aging

1:00pm - 1:15pm Manashi Nath, Ph.D.

Non-enzymatic Biosensors for Detecting Neurotransmitters 

1:15pm - 1:30pm Andrew Butler, Ph. D.

Investigating a peptide hormone adropin as a modifiable biomarker of aging-related disease

1:30pm - 1:45pm     Ryan Gilbert, Ph.D.

Engineering Elastin-like Polypeptides for Phenol Capture and Drug Delivery 

1:45pm - 2:00pm     Jianguo Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Small molecules as host-directed therapy against tuberculosis 

2:15pm - 2:30pm     Michael Eze, Ph.D.

Tracking PFAS respiratory exposure through volatile organic compound biomarkers

2:30pm - 2:45pm     Melissa Berrien-Elliott, Ph.D.

Leveraging Immune Correlates to Uncover NKG2A as a Targetable Inhibitory Molecule in Memory-Like NK Cells

2:45pm - 3:00pm     Risheng Wang, Ph.D.

DNA Nanostructure-Enhanced Electrochemical Biosensor for Early Disease Diagnosis

3:00pm - 3:15pm     Vernat Exil, M.D.

TMEM135 as a Mitochondrial Biomarker of Cardiac Dysfunction